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"They're back! The Great General and the others are back!"

Watching the cavalry return to Black Stone City from afar, led by Xie Liancheng, the soldiers stationed atop the walls immediately began shouting. Every one of them was so excited that they could hardly contain themselves.

Although many of the returning cavalrymen were wounded, each one looked vigorous and high-spirited, plainly resembling soldiers who had just won a great victory.

Yan Sheng was delighted at the sight and hurriedly called Xie Liancheng over to question him.

"Great General, did you win?!"

"Of course!"

Xie Liancheng tilted his nostrils toward the sky, looking completely justified.

"That centaur chieftain had some ability. He barely managed to fight me for twenty or thirty rounds, but in the end, I beat him into a panicked retreat! If this inferior horse beneath me hadn't been so useless, I would've left him lying here today!"

To the others, it sounded as though Xie Liancheng was merely complaining and grumbling because his mount was too poor. In truth, he had already indirectly explained why he had failed to kill the centaur mercenaries, thereby avoiding further questions from Yan Sheng and the others.

The two sides had merely been putting on an act; they had long since joined forces. Naturally, Xie Liancheng could not bring himself to kill those centaurs.

But after clashing with the enemy, it would sound rather hard to explain if they had not killed anyone.

So Xie Liancheng's thoughts turned, and he simply dumped the blame on his mount.

Actually, strictly speaking, this could not even be considered dumping the blame.

If the cavalry on both sides had truly fought, an inferior horse with such poor quality would indeed have been a dead weight.

The moment the enemy saw that the situation was unfavorable